10 Mar 96 17:06, Paul Edwards wrote to andrew clarke:

 >> o --- 

 ac>> o ---[data]

 >> the echomail control lines.  A tearline may be empty, in which case it 
 >> is just "---".

 > I haven't changed this.  I checked FTS-0004, and it has a space after 
 > the tearline.

Yeah, but if you treat the space as part of the data then it makes sense.  

How about ...

  o ---[]

 ac>> Saying it should be a 4D address is your interpretation.  Certainly 
 ac>> a 5D address is acceptable by the vast majority of FidoNet mail 
 ac>> processors and readers currently being used.  

 > Which 5d format?  I don't know too many that will parse 
 > fidonet#3:711/934.9.

The format listed in FTS-6, eg. 3:635/727.4{at}fidonet.  


 > And I can't see a reason to allow this when FTS-4 doesn't even allow
 > it.  BFN.  Paul.

That's fine.  I only mentioned that for academic purposes.

Regards
Andrew

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